Senate Bill sb1726

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1726

    By Senator Constantine





    9-485-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to political advertisements;

  3         creating s. 106.072, F.S.; requiring certain

  4         persons that make expenditures for political

  5         advertisements to report information with

  6         respect thereto; providing penalties; providing

  7         applicability; providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Section 106.072, Florida Statutes, is

12  created to read:

13         106.072  Disclosure of certain advertisements.--Any

14  person that makes or commits to make an expenditure for a

15  political advertisement that names or refers to a candidate

16  and that is published or broadcast 60 days or less before the

17  election in which the named candidate is running, which person

18  is not otherwise required to report such expenditures or

19  advertisements, must disclose the expenditure, the source of

20  funds used, and the recipient of the funds. Disclosure must be

21  made to the office with which the candidate named or

22  referred-to is required to file reports of contributions under

23  s. 106.07. If the person making the expenditure is a natural

24  person or an entity that is not otherwise required to register

25  with the division, the person must designate an individual

26  responsible for maintaining records necessary to comply with

27  this section and for filing the disclosure required by this

28  section. The disclosure must be filed no later than 10 days

29  before the election. A person who fails to file a disclosure

30  required by this section is subject to the same penalty as is

31  prescribed for violation of s. 106.07.

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1726
    9-485-02




  1         Section 2.  This act applies to advertisements that

  2  name or refer to a candidate in an election that occurs at

  3  least 60 days after the effective date of this act.

  4         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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  7                          SENATE SUMMARY

  8    Requires persons not otherwise required to disclose
      political advertisements to report advertisements made 60
  9    days or less before an election which name or refer to a
      candidate running in that election. The report is to be
10    made with the office with which the candidate files
      contribution reports and must include the amount of the
11    expenditure and the source and recipient of the funds.
      Failure is subject to the same penalty as for failure of
12    a candidate to file a required report.

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